Global Patent Index - EP 1551545 B1

EP 1551545 B1 20120822 - FIXED-BED REACTOR WITH A FLUID DISTRIBUTOR AND A FLUID COLLECTOR

Title (en)

FIXED-BED REACTOR WITH A FLUID DISTRIBUTOR AND A FLUID COLLECTOR

Title (de)

FESTBETTREAKTOR MIT EINEM FLUIDVERTEILER UND EINEM FLUIDSAMMLER

Title (fr)

REACTEUR A LIT FIXE PRESENTANT UN DISTRIBUTEUR DE FLUIDE ET UN COLLECTEUR DE FLUIDE

Publication

EP 1551545 B1 20120822 (EN)

Application

EP 03808055 A 20030731

Priority

  • US 0324823 W 20030731
  • US 6535702 A 20021008

Abstract (en)

[origin: US2004068085A1] An upflow reactor for the production of bisphenol A from acetone and phenol includes a vessel, a catalyst bed disposed within the vessel, and a reactant distribution/product collection system disposed within the vessel. The reactant distribution/product collection system includes a perforated distributor disposed at a lower end of the reactor. The reactant distribution/product collection system further includes a perforated collector disposed at an upper end of the reactor. A method for producing bisphenol A from acetone and phenol includes introducing the reacting mixture containing acetone and phenol to the distributor, directing it upward through the catalyst bed, and recovering the reacted acetone and phenol as bisphenol A together with other isomers and non reacted species. A method for avoiding catalyst bead carryover from the bed in an upflow reactor includes receiving a product of the upflow reactor into the collector disposed at an upper end of the reactor through a screen with proper slit size.

IPC 8 full level

B01J 8/02 (2006.01); B01J 4/00 (2006.01); B01J 8/00 (2006.01); C07C 37/20 (2006.01); C07C 39/16 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP KR US)

B01J 8/0085 (2013.01 - EP US); B01J 8/02 (2013.01 - KR); B01J 8/025 (2013.01 - EP US); B01J 8/0278 (2013.01 - EP US); B01J 8/0292 (2013.01 - EP US); B01J 8/18 (2013.01 - KR); C07C 37/20 (2013.01 - EP KR US); C07C 39/16 (2013.01 - EP KR US); B01J 2208/00212 (2013.01 - EP US); B01J 2208/00407 (2013.01 - EP US); B01J 2208/00415 (2013.01 - EP US); B01J 2208/00831 (2013.01 - EP US); B01J 2208/00884 (2013.01 - EP US); B01J 2219/0004 (2013.01 - EP US); B01J 2219/1923 (2013.01 - EP US); B01J 2219/1942 (2013.01 - EP US); B01J 2219/1943 (2013.01 - EP US); Y02P 20/582 (2015.11 - EP US)

C-Set (source: EP US)

C07C 37/20 + C07C 39/16

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

US 2004068085 A1 20040408; US 7141640 B2 20061128; AU 2003259683 A1 20040504; CN 100369663 C 20080220; CN 1700952 A 20051123; EP 1551545 A1 20050713; EP 1551545 B1 20120822; JP 2006502221 A 20060119; JP 2011136996 A 20110714; JP 5498967 B2 20140521; KR 100973389 B1 20100730; KR 20050057643 A 20050616; TW 200427513 A 20041216; WO 2004033084 A1 20040422

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 6535702 A 20021008; AU 2003259683 A 20030731; CN 03825391 A 20030731; EP 03808055 A 20030731; JP 2004543235 A 20030731; JP 2011000158 A 20110104; KR 20057006176 A 20030731; TW 92126491 A 20030925; US 0324823 W 20030731